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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Staphylococcus borealis

Name: Staphylococcus borealis Pain et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bo.re.a’lis. L. masc. adj. borealis, related to the North, boreal

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … bo-re-A-lis, masculine

Type strain: 51-48; CCUG 73747; CECT 30011

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MT586030 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Pain M, Wolden R, Jaen-Luchoro D, Salva-Serra F, Iglesias BP, Karlsson R, Klingenberg C, Cavanagh JP. Staphylococcus borealis sp. nov., isolated from human skin and blood. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6067-6078. 🇳🇴

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4656.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Parent taxon: Staphylococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Pain M, Wolden R, Jaen-Luchoro D, Salva-Serra F, Iglesias BP, Karlsson R, Klingenberg C, Cavanagh JP. Staphylococcus borealis sp. nov., isolated from human skin and blood. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6067-6078. 🇳🇴

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Record number: 14689
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